Saw-mounting.



W. S. SHERMAN.

SAW MOUNTING. APPLICATION min Hummelo.

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ing upon a screw thread fit therewith, and the saw blade itself is fitted upon said collar and is accurately centered thereby.

lVithA the bearing bracket 10 moved away from the work support a spanner wrench may be engaged with the openings Z3 and held tightly against turning while the wrench at the outer end of the bolt is turned, thus permitting the necessary force to be applied for securely clamping the saw without having to move the saw bracket far enough to work between the saw face and the work support.

In that form of the invention shown in Figs. 2 and 8 a shouldered cutter head 25 is substituted for the flanged arbor collar 18, the shoulder 26 thereof tting within the flange of the arbor head 17 so as to be centered thereby, while the bolt 21 is threaded in the central opening of the cutter head in the same manner as with the collar 18. A flanged collar 27 is threaded on a boss of the cutter head 25 and into a recess in the face thereof, and the saw blade 20 fits on said collar 27 and is centered thereby and is clamped between the fiange 28 thereof and the face of the cutter head, the collar in this instance being tightened by the spanner wrench fitting in openings 29, and such clamping engagement being effected before the cutter head is clamped to the arbor spindle 15. All parts may be tightened together by fitting the'spanner wrench in the openings 29 and turning the bolt 21 as be- `fore, thus drawing the cutter head 25 tightly against the centering flange of the arbor 15 and clamping the saw in place. Suitable chip cutters 30 may be secured to the cutter head 25 in the usual manner to rapidly remove the end of the work beyond the saw kerf. l/Vith this form of the invention there are the samer features of advantage as with the other, the tightening being performed at the outer ond of the arbor and the saw being positioned close to the work support.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 4c the bolt 21 is dispensed with and the arbor is solid instead of tubular, the arbor collar 18 being threaded directly upon a central projecting stud 81 corresponding with the bolt end. rlhis form of the invention may have some of the advantages of the others so far as the reduction of protuberance from the face of the saw is concerned, though the construction shown in Fig. 1 is preferred as not requiring the arbor collar 18 to turn with respect to the saw blade and the arbor in order to effect or release the clamping action thereof.

All three forms of the invention provide for centering the saw blade by means of an arbor collar which 'it-selfis centered within thearbor head and without depending upon a threaded surface for so doing, thus centering the saw with accuracy.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A saw mounting, comprising a rotatably mounted arbor having an axial opening extending therethrough and a concentric fiange at one end thereof, a circular saw having a central opening, a flanged member fitting within the saw opening and within the arbor flange to `center the saw, and a clamping bolt passing through the opening of the arbor and engaging the flanged member for clamping the saw between the flange of said member and the flange of the arbor.

2. A saw mounting, comprising a rotatably mounted arbor having an axial opening therethrough and a concentric flange at one end thereof, a saw bearing against the fiange and having a central opening, a flanged member fitting within the opening of the saw and within the flange of the arbor for centering the saw and engaging the saw between its flange and the fiange of the arbor, and a clamping boltrpassing through the opening of the arbor with a head at one end bearing against the end of the arbor and the other end threaded in the flanged member.

3. A saw mounting, comprising a rotatably mounted arbor having an axial opening therethrough and having a concentric flange at one end thereof, a circular saw bearing against the arbor fiange and provided with a central opening, a Vflanged arbor collar fitting within the opening of the saw and within the arbor fiange for centering the saw and clamping it between the arbor collar and the arbor flange, a clamping bolt passing through the opening of the arbor and having enlarged portions near its ends fitting in said opening with a head on one end and the other end threaded in the arbor collar, there being a wrench-engaging means on the arbor collar.

a. 1n a saw mounting, a rotatably mountcentric annular flange, a flanged arbor collar tting within the annular fiange of the arbor head, a saw blade having a central opening fitting upon the arbor collar and having its edge around said opening clamped between the flange of the arbor collar and the annular flange of the arbor head, and means for clamping the arbor collar and the arbor together.

5. In a saw mounting, a rotatably mounted arbor having a cup-shaped head with a concentric annular flange around its edge, an arbor collar having a cylindrical surface fitting within the bore of said annular flange and provided with an outwardly extending fiange around such cylindrical surface, a. saw blade having a central opening fitting around the cylindrical surface of the arbor collar and held between the flange of the arbor collar and the edge of the annular In testimony whereof, I ax my signafltnge of the alrbor ead, a centrally threadture, n presence of two Witnesses.

e stud on t e ar or projeetn into the v cup-shaped head thereof and avng its WILLIS S' SHERMAN- sereW threads fitting Within the arbor collar Witnesses: by Which the arbor collar may clamp the KATHERINE HOLT, saw blade in place. t R. S. C. CALDWELL.

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